Cristian O'Brien

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Distinguish|Christian O'Brien}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Cristian O'Brien

| image =

| fullname = Cristian O'Brien

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|1|15|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Norwood

| draftpick = No. 21, 1993 Mid-Season Draft

| height = 184 cm

| weight = 90 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1995

| years1 = 1994–1995

| club1 = Geelong

| games_goals1 = 2 (0)

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Cristian O'Brien (born 15 January 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

O'Brien played his junior football for Mordialloc-Braeside, from where he was drafted by Melbourne. A forward, he appeared for Melbourne at under-19s and reserves level, but didn't play a senior AFL game.{{cite web|url=http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Cristian+OBrien| title=Cristian O'Brien| publisher=Demon Wiki}} He spent some time with Norwood, before returning to the league in 1993, when Geelong selected him in the Mid-Season Draft.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}} Geelong made the grand final in each of his two senior seasons, 1994 and 1995. He appeared once each year, in round 11 of the 1994 AFL season against the Brisbane Bears and the opening round of the 1995 AFL season against Melbourne, both at Kardinia Park.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Cristian_OBrien.html AFL Tables: Cristian O'Brien]